Fear permeates our culture. Movies, books, video games, news broadcasts, and many of our leaders seem to peddle fear as a matter of course. Sometimes the alarm must be sounded. However, the cost of fear mongering has been the corrosion of trust. Indeed, fear has … read more.
Do you have a favorite T-Shirt? Does it come with a story? Or maybe you have a beloved hat or coffee mug that might open conversations with friends and even strangers? At this service for all ages, all are invited to wear T-Shirts and hats … read more.
What does it mean to have a sense of beauty in a time when all feels ugly? How can we make ourselves vulnerable to beauty’s deep message to strengthen our spiritual selves and our sense of call in the world?
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Annie Lavin, Speaker
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Do you find sadness is an interruption in your life? In her book “Bittersweet” author Susan Cain encourages us to instead see sadness as an integral part of life which opens paths to connection and creativity. At this service with Rev. Sue Browning we’ll reflect on the importance … read more.
“You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.” — Matthew 5:13
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Decades ago Dr. Abraham Maslow defined a hierarchy of human needs with “living into one’s full potential” being the pinnacle of human development. Did you know that later in life he amended this model, adding a need we have to go beyond “the self”? At … read more.
Sedition is again in the news. One hundred and sixty-three years ago, six founders of hospitals, schools, and other philanthropic institutions, all of them either Unitarians or followers of liberal religion, supported and financed John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid, an armed rebellion against the United States. Come … read more.
What does it mean to be “of generous spirit?” What is it like to experience a community full of generous spirits? At this service with Rev. Sue Browning we’ll consider the many ways UUCR is just such a community, and we’ll reflect upon the ways UUCR … read more.
Religious Educator Connie Goodbread says, “Faith formation is all that we do.” If faith formation is learning who you are and figuring out how you want to live, how might we imagine together a future where intentional faith formation is happening for all ages all … read more.
The headlines of the past few years require that we ask ourselves if we have crossed a line past the run-of-the-mill anti-Semitism, long present in American culture. Is a new more virulent strain of this ancient hatred brewing? What are the current efforts to avert such a change? Retired President … read more.
